Virtual fencing uses GPS collars, sounds and electrical cues to move cattle across a landscape. Along with saving ranchers ...

Cattle at a nature preserve in eastern Iowa are managed via virtual fencing technology. The Nature Conservancy conducted a three-year pilot project on the technology. (Photo by Dale Maxson/The Nature ...

It can be costly and time-consuming for ranchers to keep their cattle inside the pasture using just traditional and electric fencing, but researchers are looking into a possible virtual solution. The ...

The cattle wear GPS collars that keep them in designated grazing areas, which could prevent them from going into wetlands or ...

A solar-powered station creates a virtual fence on the East Moraine above Wallowa Lake to contain cattle grazing on property Wallowa County owns. WALLOWA COUNTY, Ore. — For the past month or so some ...

LAKELAND — From his home or wherever he has his laptop computer, Jim Strickland is herding cattle. Strickland, manager of Blackbeard’s Ranch in Myakka City, is one of the only, if not the only, ...

A solar-power station creates a virtual fence on the east moraine above Wallowa Lake to contain cattle grazing on the property owned by Wallowa County. Some of the latest technology in livestock ...

Some Montana ranchers are trading fence posts for smartphones, using virtual fencing technology to manage their cattle herds ...

Pasture Management specializes in manufacturing and distributing agricultural-style fencing for livestock, such as horses, ...

BURNS, Ore. — Sometimes, the best fence is an invisible one. Researchers from Oregon State University and USDA have published a study showing that virtual fencing is a useful potential tool to help ...

When cows overgraze it's bad for the soil and the climate. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is experimenting with virtual fencing to help avoid overgrazing. When animals eat too much grass in one ...